Toy washing machine



May 21, 1935. F. J. GORIUP TOY WASHING MACHINE Filed March 16, 1935 R OT N E V m Patented May 21, 1935 Wolverine. Supply. and. Manufacturing-Com- P nt P b sweet 9 P n f. van a Application March116,

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One object which I have in view is the provision of a practical andoperative miniature washing machine of the suction-cup type which willclosely simulate the appearance and operation of a full size domesticWashing machine.

Other novel features of construction, and also of arrangement of parts,will appear from the following description.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein I have illustrated a practicalembodiment of the prin-- ciples of my invention, Fig. 1 is a verticalsection of one form of my improved miniature washing machine with thewringer assembly shown in elevation.

Fig. 2 is an end view on enlarged scale of the wringer assembly. a

Fig. 3 is a broken plan view showing the bracket upon which the wringerassembly is mounted.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section of the suction-cupandcup-operating mechanism taken in a plane at right angles to that ofFig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view looking upwardly from the irregular line5-5 in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing, l represents the tub which is supported on asuitable base 2. 3 represents the lid having a depending perimetralflange which fits down over the top of the tub.

Fixed to the side of the tub is an upper horizontal bracket 4 having aconcentric arcuate perimetral edge provided with spaced notches 5. Theaxis of the bracket is provided with a bearing hole 6 which registerswith a like bearing hole in a lower bracket 1 also extending from thetub I.

8 represents a horizontally disposed wringershelf provided adjacent oneend with a depending shaft 9 which extends throughand is journaled inthe bearing holes in the upper and lower brackets, the shelf beingheldelevated to clear the top bracket by means of an annular shoulder 10 onthe shaft.

The rear of the shelf is provided at each end with an ear I i and saidears have alined notches to receive the axle of the lower roll l2. Oneend of the axle is extended and bent to form the crank I3. [4 representsa pair of posts rising from the ends of the shelf 8, and [5 represents apair of brackets whose bottoms are provided with outturned flanges [6which are pierced to slip down over the posts M. The upper ends of thebrackets ii are connected and braced by the cross plate I! whose endsare also pierced to fit down on the posts M. The upper ends of the postsare pierced and provided with cross pins to hold the parts on the post.

1933. "w th; his 1-- The brackets liexte'nd rearwardly and are providedwith alined holes to receive theraxleof the upper roll [8 which preventsthe lower roll from jumping from its place.

The wringer shelf 6 isprovided with a depending finger l9 arranged toengage one of the notches 5 in the bracket 4 and thus lock the wringerassembly against accidental rotation relative to the bracket 4. Byraising the wringer assembly sufficiently to enable the finger to clearthe bracket 4, the wringer may be swung into proper position to enableclothes to be wrung from the washing machine to a miniature tub or fromone miniature tub to another, as may be desired. By dropping the wringerassembly the finger will be caused to drop into and engage the propernotch and thus hold the wringer-assembly in its selected position.

29 represents a rectangular frame depending from the center of the lidand having the center of its cross bar pierced with a bearing hole whichis alined with a similar hole in the lid 3. Journaled in said hole forboth rotary and longitudinal movement is a shaft 2| whose upper end isprovided with a ball 22 or other means to limit the descent of saidshaft.

Fixed on said shaft within the frame are two parallel horizontallydisposed disks 23 and 24, the upper disk 23 being provided on its underface with a concentric annular series of spaced apart rounded studs 25which may be formed by pressing down the material of the disk.

26 represents a hand crank on the outer end of a shaft 21 which extendsthrough a hole in the lid 3 and is journaled in a bracket 28 rising fromthe lid and in the adjacent vertical member of the frame 20. The innerend of the shaft 21 is provided with a crank 29 whose extremity extendsbetween the disks 23 and 24, the space between the disks beingsufiicient to permit the crank to pass between the lower disk and thestuds on the upper disk, gravity causing the upper disk to ride on thecrank.

The lower end of the shaft 2| is provided with a fixed yoke 30 withdepending ends upon which are rigidly mounted the inverted suction-cups3|.

It is obvious that as the crank handle 26 is turned the cups 3| willalternately rise and fall and that the engagement of the studs 25 inturn by the crank 29 will cause an intermittent rotation of the shaft2|. Thus the cups 3| will be reciprocated vertically and alsointermittently rotated, as is the case with the suction cups of a fullsize washing machine. f

I claim:

1. In a toy washing machine, the combination with a tub and a'lid forsaid tub, of a frame carried by said lid, a driving shaft extending intosaid frame and provided at its outer end with a handle and at its innerend with a crank, a substantially vertically disposed driven shaftslidably extending upwardly into the frame, suction cup mechanismcarried by the driven shaft, a disk mounted on the driven shaft andriding on the crank, and projections on said disk arranged to be engagedby the crank when the latter is retated whereby the rotation of saiddriving shaft imparts both a longitudinal mprecsming movement and arotary movement to the driven shaft.

2. In a toy washing machine, the combination with a tub and a lid forsaid tub, of a frame carried by said lid, a driving shaft frame andprovided at its outer end with a handle and at its inner end with acrank, a substantially vertically disposed driven shaft slidably"extending upwardly into the ,trame, suction mechanism carried by thedriven shaft, and a pair of spaced apart disks mounted on said drivenshaft and between which the free end of the crank fits with sufficientsnugness so that the rotation of the crank causes a reciprocation of thedriven shaft.

7 3. In a toy washing machine, the combination with a tub and a lid forsaid tub, of a frame carrled by said lid, a driving shaft extending intosaid frame and provided at its outer end with a handle and at its innerend with a crank, a substantially vertically disposed driven shaftslidably extending upwardly into the frame, suction cup mechanismcarried by the driven shaft, a pair of spaced apart disks mounted onsaid driven shaft and between which the free end of the crank fits withsuflicien't snugness so that the rotation of the man masses .areciprocation of the driven shaft, and projections on the upper diskwhereby the driven shaft is rotated by the crank.

FRANK J. GORI'UP.

